Cooking utensil



May 31, 1927. 1,630,866

H. M. SCHWAB COOKING UTENSIL Filed Aug. 17. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gi t) INVENTOR W/nvsssss W @zwm I May 31 1927. H. M. SCHWAB COOKING UTENSIL 2 sheets-sheet 2 Filed Aug. 17. 1926 WITNESSES fit) Patented May 31, 1927.

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HENRY M. SOHV-TAB, OF DORMONT, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO BYRNES &, KIEFER COMPANY,.A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed. August 17, 1926. Serial 110.129,?86.

This invention relates to cookingutensils and more particularly to baking pans of the type where a plurality of small'bread pans or the like are secured together toform a unitary structure for the simultaneous baking of a plurality of articles such,. for example, as loaves of bread.

Utensils of this type are employed in hotel kitchens or wherever alarge amount of cooking is'carried on. In the assembly the small pans are usually permanently se cured togetherto form a unit by an arrangement of straps or bands which surround the assembled units and to which they are secured by rivets. The presence of rivet heads on the interior of the bread pans is highly objectionable for the reason that such heads,

being of steel, frequently rust and become (,iiscolored and also because they produce undesirable marks on the finished loaves of bread.

An object of this invention is to provide a device of the type set forth of such construction and arrangement that the various individual pans will be rigidly secured together without the necessity of employing rivets for this purpose as heretofore believed to be necessary.

'A further object is to provide a device ofthe type set forth which will be simple and cheap to manufacture and rugged and durahis in construction.

These and other objects which will be apparent to those skilled in this particular art are accomplished by means of this invention, one embodiment of which is shown for the purposes of illustration in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 1s a top plan view of a baking pan constructed in accordance with one embodiment of this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 of a slightly modified arrangement.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the of the finished structure, and the rivets se curing the bottom of these end plates to the associated pans are the only rivets in the entirestructure which project into the interior of the pans. Straps are securedto the upper portions of the end plates and extend longitudinally beneath the wire which is secured to the straps by means of cross braces extending under and supporting the joints between adjacent pans and the ends the cross braces are" so shaped as to securely clamp the box holding wire to the surrounding strap. In this way the entire out the necessity of providing any riveted joints between the binding straps themselves and the boxes, the only rivets em ployed being those for securing the strap supporting end plates in position.

As illustrated, this invention includes a plurality of individual bread pans 11, which are arranged side by side and the adjacent edges of which are secured together as here inafter more fully described. The exposed edgesof the pans are provided with beads 12 anda pan holding wire 13 surrounds the assembled pans and issecured within the aligned beaded edges. The exposed sides of the endpans 11 form the ends of the assembled structure and strap supporting end plates 1e. are secured to the exposed sides of the end pans 11 by rivets lowhich are applied to the lower corners thereof. These constitute the only rivets which enter the structure is held in assembled relation Withholding wire 13 and the bent ends 17 of each strap are riveted to a toldedportion 18 ot'the upper eorn'er of eachend plate 14 and the rivets 19 extend only through the straplG and folded-portion '18'of the end plate.

Instead of riveting the straps iew each individual pan for the purpose of providing 2 a riveted assembly I clamp the intermediate bandsto the straps by tin-improvedform er construction which, as illustrated, includes cross braces 2O extending transversely across the assembly? beneath'the joined edges of each pair or adjacent pans. 'Ihe ends 21 of each cross member extend from beneath the box joint upuuirdly over the adjacentholddly dud ing wvire: 13 and then downw around the adj'acentstrap 16 so as to rigidly i and securely clamp the'box holding wire 13 to the heavy strap 16. The box holding wii'e 13 being received within the beaded edges 12 of the boxes is so securely. held as to, in effect, constitute a part of the boxes themselves.

secure the assembled boxes together-so as to form a rigid unitary structure.

Figs'o, 7 and 8 illustrate one manner of joining'the adjacentedgesoi the adjacent ends. As illustrated, the edges instead of being beaded are bent outwardly to form fiat lecges 22, the downwardly bent edges of which are received within a generally"U'- shapedclampingmember 23 and the joint then pressed to the shape illustrated in Fig. 8, wherein it is shown supported by'the cross member '20 as in the assembled structure. The ledge 22 may be formed without the provision of a clamping member 23 as illustrated in Fig; 9, wherein the associated ledges are merely positioned adjacent each other and directly supported by the associated cross member 20. V

In Fig. l is illiistrated an alternative form wherein theend plates Mare spot welded to The cross members 20' by clamping the holding wires 13 to the straps effectively hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: V

1. A baking utensil having in COIl'lbl'lIfl'tlOn a plurality of individual baking pans having beaded-outer edges: adapted to receive a wire extending theretl-iroug'lr for holding said pans in assembled relation, end plates secured to str pes, relatively heavy straps secured to said end plates and extending longitudinally beneath said was; cross members for sup' porting the inner adjacent edges.o t said pans, the ends of said cross members being formed so as to y secure said wire to said straps. 2. A bal'zing'de'vice having in combination a'plurality ot'pans, clamps for securing the bent -e'dges oi adjac'entpans together, the

outer ed es of said'pans beingbe a'ded, a wire extending through said beaded edges for holding-said pans together, end plates secured to the exposed sides of the endpans, p's' connecting said plates and extending past said'pans adjacent said wire andcross braces extending under the joined edges of each z i'djacent'pair of pans, said braces-having their ends" extending above said: wire and formed so as to secure said wire to said straps.

3. ihbal-zing device having in combination a plurality or pan's, a wire secured to and extending circunifer'entially around said pans tor holding said pans in assembled relation, 2 .a strap extendingl ngitudinally along each side of the assembly, means for securingthe endsot each strap to theasseinbly and braces extending under the adjacent edges of said pans, the ends of said braces being formed so as to secure said wire to said straps.

I. A baking device having in combination aplurality of individual pans, a circumferentially'entending wire secured to the tops of said pans, a strap mechanism surrounding said pans and means supporting the adjacent edges of said pans and securing said circumferential wire to said strap mechanism.

5, Abaking device having in combination a plurality of individual pans, a circumterentially extending wire secured to the tops of said pans, a strap mechanism surrounding pans and bracing members securing said wire to said mechanism and extending under the adjacent edges of said pans so as to form supports therefor. i

In testin'ionywhereof, I h'avehereunto subscribed my name this 16th day of August,

1926. HENRY M. I SGHVVAB. 

